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Ozone Secretariat walks the talk on carbon neutrality
News 29 August 2019

The Secretariat of the Vienna Convention and its Montreal Protocol, which protect the ozone layer a

Countries to continue efforts to protect the ozone layer
Parties to the Montreal Protocol meet in Bangkok
Press Release 6 July 2019

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Women in science for ozone protection
News 8 February 2019

International Day of Women and Girls in Science was marked globally on 11 February.

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How the Kigali Amendment reduces climate change
Video 3 January 2019

The Kigali Amendment
The Kigali Amendment: The New Year’s resolution we must not break
Story 3 January 2019
The New Year celebrations are now behind us and a return to work is looming together with our New Year’s resolutions.
Kigali Amendment implementation begins
Kigali Amendment implementation begins
Story 3 January 2019
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal protocol will reduce the projected production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by more than 80 per cent over the next 30 years.
Ozone treaties carbon neutral for fourth straight year
Ozone treaties carbon neutral for fourth straight year
Story 11 December 2018
The Ozone Secretariat has once again demonstrated its commitment to climate action by making its operations carbon neutral for the fourth consecutive year.
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Montreal Protocol closes annual meeting with new mandates
Press Release 12 November 2018

Assessment reveals healing ozone
Assessment reveals healing ozone, untapped potential for climate action
Press Release 8 November 2018

Update, 1 Februrary 2019 - The full report of the 2018 Quadrennial Assessment of Ozone Depletion has

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Montreal protocol progress
Kigali Amendment

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol entered into force on 1 January 2019 after the threshold for the agreement to enter into force was met on 17 November 2017, when it was ratified by 20 parties.

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Greening the blue
Working towards climate neutrality

The Ozone Secretariat is part of the UN’s “Greening the Blue” efforts to move towards climate neutrality. The Secretariat works towards climate neutrality by measuring the carbon footprint of Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol meetings ...

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World Ozone Day

2021

2021

Montreal Protocol - Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool

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2020

2020

Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection

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2019

2019

32 years and healing

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2018

2018

Keep cool and carry on

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2017

2017

30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol: we are all ozone heroes

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2016

2016

Ozone and climate: restored by a world united

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2015

2015

Precious ozone: 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention and international ozone day 2015

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2006 - 2014

2006 - 2014

Earlier celebrations of international ozone day

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